Package for incandescent mantles



J. P. HARRIS PACKAGE FOR INCANDESCENT MANTLES Apr. 3, 1923 Filed Jan. 28, 1919 INVENTOB 6 W Patented Apr. 3, 1923.

JOHN P. HARRIS, 01 LAKEWOOD, OHIO.

PACKAGE FOR INCANDESCENT MANTLES.

Application filed January 28, 1919. Serial No. 273,630.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN P. HARRIS, a citizen of the United States of America, and a .residentof Lakewood, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Package for Incandescent Mantles, of which the following is a specification.

It has been customary to pack incandescent mantles in a cylindrical box which had a bottom, and a cap which had a cylindrical flange which fitted down over the top of the box, and was held in place by frictional con tact between the flange of the box and the cylindrical body of the box.

There are several objections to this old form of box. The top and the bottom are expensive things to strike up from cardboard. In shipping the box from the manufacturer to the manufacturer of mantles, it was necessary to place the cover of the box upon the body thereof. The mantle manufacturer then was at the trouble of removing the covers before the mantles were inserted in place. Then the covers had to be put. back upon the boxes. Both of these operations required considerable care because of the frictional contact between the cover and the box. Moreover the cylindrical body of the box was a. thing, which was difiicult to place the manufacturers name and advertisement of his goods upon, because the advertisement could not be printed upon the material before it was put into the cylindrical form, and it was not possible to print upon the box after it was formed into its cylindrical form.

It is the object of my invention to provide a package for incandescent mantles, which is cheap to manufacture, easy to bandle, in placing the mantles into it, and upon which the advertisements may be readily placed.

This object is attained by the means described in the specification and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings in which Fig. 1, is aperspective view of a packa e for mantles embodying my invention.

Fig. 2, is a perspective view of a box or casing forming a detail of my invention, the side of the box being shown broken away and in section, more clearly to illustrate the construction thereof.

Fig. 3, is a sectional view taken upon a diametrical vertical plane through the casing illustrated in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4c, is a view similar to Fig. 3, but of a modified form of casing. Casing A, is of cylindrical form and of a depth somewhat greater than the length of the mantle which is supported therein. Below the upper edge of the casing is an internal lug-supporting ledge B. This ledge may be made in several ways. In Fig. 3, I have shown it, as being formed by the flange of a cylindrical collar B, which is fitted within the upper end of the casing A. In Fig. 4, the lug supporting ledge is formed by the upper edge of the body of the casing, and the lug protecting portion of the casing is formed by a cylindrical ring which surrounds the upper edge of the casing, is secured thereto and projects above the upper edge of the casing a distance slightly greater than the depth of the lug of the mantle.

The cylindrical casing is open at both ends, or in other words the cylindrical casing is endless in that no ends or closures are provided.

The other member of my package consists of a rectangular box which has a depth equal to the diameter of the cylindrical casing, a width equal to the length of the cylindrical casing, and a length dependent upon the number of mantles which are to be packed in the box. In Fig. 1, I have illustrated a box E, which is adapted to hold two mantles. Its length therefor is equal to the length of two diameters of the cylindrical casings. I may make the boxes of a length only to receive one mantle, and its casing, or I may make them of a length toreceive more than two mantles.

The cost of manufacturing the cylindrical casing and the rectangular box, is less than that of manufacturing the old form ofcylindrical casing with its friction top and stationary bottom. The labor of placing a mantle in one of my cylindrical casings and of placing the casing into its reotangular box, is one which may be per formed by unskilled labor very rapidly. The rectangular box may have printed upon it the name of the manufacturer of the mantle and of his advertising matter, before the rectangular box is folded into its completed form.

What I claim is 1. A package for incandescent mantles consisting of a series of endless cylindrical casings each having within it an internal drical casing, of a-Widthequalto the length of the cylindrical casing, and of a length determined by the number of casings to be 15 supported therein.

'In testimony whereof, I ,have hereunto subscribedmv name this 24th day of January, 1919.

JOHN P. HARRIS.

Witnesses:

F. W. ZIMMERMAN, N. W. JOHNSON. 

